A.M. News Links: Battle for Libya rages on as Qaddafi strikes back and more

Associated Press PhotoLibyan anti-government fighters celebrate as they control a checkpoint on the outskirts of the southwestern town of Nalut, Libya, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. The town is currently in control of the Libyan anti-government forces.

But the rebels dismissed the attacks Monday as ineffectual, and Colonel Qaddafi
faced a growing international campaign to force him from power, as the Obama
administration announced it had seized $30 billion in Libyan assets and the European Union adopted an arms embargo and other sanctions.